Comment by Magistrix

This is now 250 CC rep upon completion - just completed 12/30/06 (v 2.0.1)

Comment by b00rz

anyone notice this quest says that its to the southwest when actually its to the southeast ?

Comment by thegeoman

This quest has been nerfed, and thankfully so. It used to be that every single mob was guaranteed to spawn a bug, usually multiple bugs, and as many as three from what I can remember. I just did this with my most recent toon, and half of the mobs never even spawned a bug. I didn't complain!

Comment by lvrabbit

those stupid bee's came out of every single one except like 3. Pain the butt to deal with.

Comment by WoWNoob

Heheh what anyone failed to mention is that the both the druids and the sentinals have fast respawn rates. I died and everything was respawned by the time i ran back.

Comment by Darkraven

Carefull even though quest is level 55.

The bugs can be as high as level 58.

Comment by sofikitis

i think that the bugs spawn only from the sentinels not the druids very easy for rogues espacially the druids one

Comment by Dennace

One of my least favorite quests ever.I kept on aggroing 2 at a time and, with my bad luck, both would spawn a bug. Being a lvl 55 dealing with 2 lvl 56's and then 2 lvl 58's was hard... I couldnt even run from the bugs due to respawns blocking my path :*(

/me reccomends doing this at a high level

Comment by adamb10

This quest sucks. Bugs do spawn about 80% and they can be as high as lvl 58 so make sure you have plenty of health for round 2.

Comment by Maeldruin

Wasn't too hard. Enhancement Shaman. for druids save Earth shock till they start to heal, then use it to interrupt them, and they shouldn't have time to recast before they die.

Comment by Fayden

They seem not to spawn a bug when they die while stunned. If anyone could confirm this (or not), it may help people :)

Comment by Amaeph

Both Tortured Druid's and Tortured Sentinels can spawn Hive'Ashi Drone's that are levels 56-58. My bug spawn was about 75%. I would recommend doing this quest at at least level 55 because of the bugs spawning after you killed the tortured guys, the bugs attacks will kill you off in about 10 seconds unless your class has some way of dealing with the threat (my rogue used "Sprint" and "Vanish" for it).

Hope this helps!

Comment by jbwest

just did this. easy as a 57 feral druid, but a royal PITA. of the 16 i killed, 12 spawned the bugs, so 75%.

Comment by pangeltveit

if u pull them away from the city a bug wont spawn after the death of it

Comment by thejames

In my experience this isn't true. I pulled several of the mobs away quite far from the city, but only a handful did not spawn bugs.

Comment by payne70

8150 exp 500 rep as of latest patch

Comment by flygendeteppe

I soloed this quest as a level 54 Hunter.This is how i did it:

As mentioned above, the respawn rate is very fast. At both sides of the entrance, there are some Tortured Druids and some Tortured Senitinels. I started on the right side of the entrance, killing one of the spirits. When the Hive Drone spawned, I let my pet take the first hit. In that way, the wasp will aggro on my pet, not me. Then I looted the corpse and ran away until i lost sight of my pet. (No pet-picture on the upper left part on my monitor) After a little "healing-rest", I called my pet and went to the left side of the entrance. On the right side, I could still see the Wasp fly around, so I did not want to go over there incase I would aggro it again. Anyway; killing a druid on the right side, made another Hive Drone spawn. I let the pet take care of it while I ran down the road again. Then I rested and called my pet. Scince the respawn rate on these spirits are so fast, you can finish this quest without actually going into the center. Neat?! :)The Hive Drones die out automatically after 5-8 min.

NB: Running back and forth like this, will ALWAYS spawn a wasp. I guess this is because you never kill any of them.

PS: Use Viper Sting on the druids twice while the pet is active. In this way, the druids are more likely not to heal themselvs. Remeber; The Viper Sting drains mana ;)

Comment by Arearda

Soloed as a 54 DPS warrior and it was a pain in the ass. I died five times trying to finish this quest up. Wait until you're about 55 or 56 to take this one on.

I just kept running after the bugs spawned and waited for them to die then collected loot. Bugs spawned 9 out of 10 times for me.

Comment by DedManRunin

If you are not up to at least 2 lvl's above your target then you should lvl up first as every target you hit can call out a secondary target.

Comment by ony091

I am a blood elf and after turning in this quest I couldn't take the next one . It wrote " This quest is unavaible to your race " or something like that .

Is there anyone with the same problem ?

Comment by jrik23

Completed quest as a lvl 56 combat rogue, 13 out of 16 spawned a drone, the drone for me was always lvl 58. Completed it again with my lvl 70 mage for fun 14 out of 16 spawned a drone. That is a 84% spawn rate. So if you are starting the quest expect every mob to spawn a drone. Heal up after EVERY fight.

Comment by dadadumdums

you dont even need to enter entrance, respawn rate is quite fast,druids tried to heal in combat but i used silence and no problem :]not easy q cuz of hive ashi dron spawn after every killing.

/ but its a good place for rune cloth

Comment by Panner

Just completed this quest as a level 55 feral druid. 14 out of 16 mobs spawned a drone.

Description

To our southwest lies a tragic site - the ruins of Southwind Village. This is where our work should begin, <name>.

From what we've learned, this village was once a night elf base of operations for Silithus. It's long since overrun by the silithid hives that infest the wastes. I can only imagine the horror of the village's initial sundering...

The tortured spirits of fallen druids and sentinels wander the ruins aimlessly. Explore this locale, freeing the souls of these wretched beings as needed.

I had thought that maybe the huge swirling hive near the ruins of the village had played a part in its demise. It would seem that your work has proven this to be correct; the proximity of the hive poses a threat to any future work we may do here.

I thank you for your benevolence in freeing the souls of the fallen; such work is never easy, I know. When you're ready, however, I'd like to ask for your assistance once more...